Improved pen and pencil case



UNITED .STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN RICHARDSON, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVED PEN AND PENCIL CASE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 11,820, dated ctoberni?, 1854.

T0 all wiz/0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN RICHARDSON, of the city, county, and State of `New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pen and Pencil Cases, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specifi cation, and in which moved for the purpose of illustrating more clearly the operation of the interior parts; Fig. 3, a similar view, but showing the pencil extended.

stock or barrel, and in the lower of these views the tubes secured tothe inner and 1 the operating-sleeve. A p l, I

Near the inner end of the stock A-is secured outer ends of the stock are represented in section to 'show the space occupied by the i moving or operatin g sleeve. Fig. 5 represents similar views of the pencil-holder with its guide-stem, and showing in one of these views the pen-holder in section and a fragment of the stock in elevation to exhibit the space in which a thin ring attached to the guide-stem slides; Fig. 6, a side view of the sliding penholder; Fig. 7, a similar view of the tube secured to the lowerportion of the barrel; Fig.

8, a like view of a sleeve by which the pen.

and pencil holders are operated, and Fig. 9 an end view of the same, showing a tooth by which the sleeve takes hold of the pen or pencil holder to protrude or retract it. Fig. 10 represents a similar view to Fig. 2, but shows the pen' and pencil holders retracted and a fragment of the operating-sleeve and its tooth in the proper position to extend the pen-holder;Fig. 11, a similar view of the Y sam'eparts with the fragment of the sleeve.

turned in the proper position to extend the pencil-holder. Fig. 12 represents a transverse section at the line X X of Fig.l 11, the tooth of the operating-sleeve being in gear with the guide-stem of the pencil-holder5 Fig. 13, a similar section, but showing the tooth of the operating-sleeve in gear with the pen-holder; and Fig'. 14.- represents a side Fig. 4 represents longitudinal; views in different positions of the interior g the latter, and thus conceals the` pen and view of the pen and pencil case as it appears when closed. y i The nature of my invention consists, first, in the employment of a single operating;

sleeve on the case capable of sliding and turning so as to operate the pen and pencil holders alternately, or either at pleasure, and secondly, in a Inethod of locking and unlocking the pen and pencil holders, so that one shall be held in a retracted positiomlwhile the other is free to be slid out and in, ,orby which both pen and pencil holder may be =sil multaneouslylocked when retracted, andthus lbe protected from injury.

In the accompanying drawings, Arepre` sents a stock or barrel having a rib con its outside extending longitudinally from the outer Yend to nearly half its lengt-h. `Over this rib a is secured a tube B, of .correspond ing length, so that its outer end `is flush with that of the stockA, and while it encompasses pencil holders, it also serves as a support-for a collar b, of greater diameter than the tube B, and to this collar is attached the upper end' of a tube C. This tube is ofmsuch a length the tube B, and, with the later, constitute the extension-case. Between-.these tubes B and C the operating-sleeve slides and turns, the sleeve when slid out covering the tube B and when drawn in is itself covered bythe tube C. To the upper end of the tube C an outer case E is fitted, which is of `a length sufficient to receive the former within it, as` seen in Fig. 14.

Concentrically within the barrel or stock A the pencil-holder F is fitted so as to slide freely therein. To this holder one `end of a stem c is attached in such manner asto leave a space between it and the-holderF equalto the thickness of the stock, so that Asaid stem shall be free to move over the stockand yet maintain its connection With'the pencil-holder.

projects that unites the stem c and pencih.

holder.v The inner end of this guide-stem has a thin and narrow ring or band f fitted to it in such a manner that it will embrace and slide freely over the stock. It is limited in this movement between the inner end of the rib a and the collar b, and while it thus limits the `outward movement of the pencil-holder by striking against the inner end of said rib it also serves to support, steady, and strengthen the guide-stem in its movement. The inner end of the slot d hasa branch or lateral opening g at the end of the rib a, for the purpose of receiving the arm e of the guide-stem when the same, with its pencil-holder, is shut in and turned out of the, slot d toward the left hand a distance equal to the width of said stem, which, being the same as the rib a,

is thus made to form a continuation thereof,

and inthis position constitutes a lock to the pen cil-holder, for as the distance between the innerend of the rib ct and the collar b is the same as the length of the stem c it follows that when the latter is turned, as just described, the adjacent ends of the rib a and stem c will butt against each other and form i one continuous rib until the stem is again turned to the opposite side. The inner end. ofthe guide-stem has anotch 'L' cut in it, the particular object of which'willbe presently v Y described.

The pen-holder G is of tubular form, and

" has an opening m made longitudinally in it from end to end. It is fitted over the stock to the outer end, between it and thek stock, equal to the thickness of the thin ring or band fof the stem, and inthis space the said ring slides in its movement with the pencil-holder. The opening m is just sufficient to receive the guide-stem and allow the pen-holder to slide freely in andout;v but this movementl of the pen-holder can only take place .when 'the said stem c and riba are in line witheach other,

- llls'shown in Fig. l0.

vThe length of the pen-holder is such that 'when drawn inwardly till it 'strikes the collarf'd -of the stockv it will only project far enough below the inner end of the iixed ribA ct to receive the pen, and -prevent it, when drawn in, from protruding beyond the outer end of the tube B, that conceals it when retracted. At the outer end ofjthe opening m of the pen-holder7 and in the left side thereof, I

' a lateral o r branch opening n is made in such avmanner .that the distance between the shoulder of said branch opening n and the inner end of the holder shall exactlyV corre spond to the length of the stem o, and the depth of this lateral opening is equal to the width ofthe stem, so that when the penholder is drawn in this side notch n' will allow it to be turned on the stock toward the right, and the inner end of the rib a will fit into said opening and butt against the-shoulder thereof, and thus the pen-,holder will be locked to the stock. Now, it will be seen that, asthe depth ofthe opening n is onlyl equal to the width of the stem, the turning of the pen-holder toward the right is just sufficient to move the stem, which turns with the pen-holder to one side of the rib a and in line with the slot d, and thus leave the stem free to move out and in with its pencilholder, while the pen-holder remains locked and cannotbe protruded from the stock until turned to be unlocked and lock the pencilholder. f

In addition to the collar d serving to support the extension-tubeC, it performs the oice of a stop to limit the inward movement Y of the pen and pencil holders.

At the inner end of the pen-holder and' in the left side of the opening m a notch or lateral branch o is cut, of similar size and form to the notch in the guide-stem, and occupying the same position as regards its distance from thecollar-stop d.

The operating-sleeve, as has been already stated, is fitted so as to slide on the tube B and: within the extension-tube C. ln addia l tion to this sliding movement it has a turning movement, the former for the purpose of protruding and retracting the pen or pencil holders, and the latter for determining which of the two shall` be thus operated. It has a tooth s projecting from its interior surface near its inner end, and this tooth or stump is for the purpose of gearing according as the sleeve' is turned to the right or left with the ynotch o or i of the pen or pencil holder. j A so as to leave a space from near its inner When the pen and pencil holders are shut the tooth s is so situated with respect to the the other, ywhile the pen and lpencil holders lwill be turned on the barrel to the right or left a distance'equal to the widthof the stem o, and this movement toward the right is limited by the depthof the branch opening n, as seen in Fig. 11,.and that toward the left by the opposite side of the open-ing m striking,

like the branch openingn, against the sideof the rib cajas shown in Fig. 10 or if it be not desiredto throw out the pen 'or pencil holder, but to lock both in their shut position, then 'the operating-,sleeve isonly turned so'far as to turn vthe guide-stern and'with it the vpen and pencil holders through one-half of the range, or 'thereaboua ofA their side movement,

which 'will bring the lend Yof: thev stem and shoulder of the side opening n opposite-,fthe end of the rib d, and in this position-the fixed rib will act as a lock to the pen and pencil holders as well as the operating-sleeve.

Having sufficient-ly described thefoperation'V of the several parts in connection with their construction, I deem it only necessary lto say that the sleeve is operated with: facility by simply grasping with the thumb and forenger a milled ridge w oni-its lower end and turning the same to the. rightor left until it is arrested by astopa, Then it is to be slid out and in with the Tpencil or pen, as described.

It is obvious that numerous modifications well as a sliding movement, in combination with the pen and pencil holders and the interior mechanism, as described; but I make no claim to merely combininga pen and pencil in thesame case so that either can be potruded and retracted at will, as this has before been done by other means.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub scribed my name.

JOHN` RICHARDSON.

Witnesses: i

P. H. WATSON, P. HANNAY. 

